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Ask HN: Dealing with security concerns for self driving cars?
Delegating activity that was once exclusively done by humans to "machines", exposes a surface of attack that did not exist before.
Just off the top of my head:
- there is a long history of countermeasures targeting radar, lidar and other sensors.
- with AI/ML taking center stage, attacks may be tailored to "confuse" automated decision making.
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What approaches are taken to mitigate security concerns regarding self driving cars?
- notjtrig 8y agoIt's like people throwing bricks at cars on the highway. It's going to happen so we build fences to keep the cars safe but no one pours buckets of nails through the fences. It's a cat and mouse game, but the cat isn't interested. The attackers are people trying to fool cars in YouTube videos. Sophisticated methods of hacking a vehicle electronicly do exist, they are used today to steal cars.
- sorokod 8y agoIt's like people throwing bricks at cars on the highway. It is "like" if you think that flying a drone with and ECM pod that jams radar along a highway is "like" throwing bricks. Personally I think that these are not like at all. Then there is a question of agency, in the brick scenario it is for me personally to handle. If you want me to trust a black box that came with the car to handle sensor being jammed - you'd better come up with a compelling story why I should do so.
- sorokod 8y agoThe attackers are people trying to fool cars in YouTube videos. That may change really quick once a critical mass of self driving vehicles is achieved. Sophisticated methods of hacking a vehicle electronicly do exist, they are used today to steal cars. The stakes for the owner / driver are quite different.